Olivia Name Popularity

How popular is Olivia?

Ranking 2nd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2017, the name Olivia is uber popular.

Currently in the top 10, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #2 for the first time in 2014 and as recently as 2017.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2014 with 19,791 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Olivia was 44 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Olivia occurred roughly during the years 1885-1889, 1890-1894, 1895-1898, 1909-1916, 1937-1942, 1973-1976, 1983-2003, 2005-2008, and 2010-2014.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

How popular will Olivia be?

Olivia's popularity has been moving upward for some time. however, the number of children named Olivia lately has remained about the same.

The name Olivia is a huge favorite and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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Olivia (Girl)

Olivia (Boy)

Year

%

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

2017

18,632

2

10

7,920

2016

19,327

2

15

5,958

2015

19,669

2

9

8,505

2014

19,791

2

23

4,345

2013

18,414

3

24

4,137

2012

17,310

4

18

5,191

2011

17,321

4

17

5,361

2010

17,022

4

28

3,776

2009

17,433

3

18

5,249

2008

17,078

4

31

3,545

2007

16,580

7

17

5,363

2006

15,498

7

17

5,236

2005

15,691

5

23

4,024

2004

16,105

4

73

1,745

2003

16,146

5

22

3,935

2002

14,630

10

17

4,644

2001

13,978

10

11

6,321

2000

12,852

16

6

9,978

1999

11,254

20

18

4,109

1998

10,610

21

16

4,351

1997

9,477

27

12

5,186

1996

8,123

34

12

5,097

1995

7,624

39

12

5,028

1994

6,432

50

10

5,768

1993

6,339

50

7

7,392

1992

5,803

58

14

4,266

1991

5,598

61

9

5,809

1990

4,625

72

15

3,909

1989

2,436

123

30

2,278

1988

2,138

134

9

5,091

1987

1,695

166

11

4,162

1986

1,231

215

7

5,752

1985

1,021

248

< 5

--

1984

1,163

222

7

5,409

1983

1,086

228

< 5

--

1982

1,127

228

< 5

--

1981

1,029

244

7

5,326

1980

1,118

229

5

6,992

1979

1,253

210

6

5,853

1978

1,312

199

5

6,497

1977

1,104

225

7

4,961

1976

1,233

196

6

5,415

1975

1,049

232

9

3,858

1974

506

400

5

5,775

1973

360

489

< 5

--

1972

348

503

< 5

--

1971

335

543

< 5

--

1970

351

539

< 5

--

1969

348

526

< 5

--

1968

324

531

< 5

--

1967

347

510

< 5

--

1966

334

516

< 5

--

1965

442

456

< 5

--

1964

425

471

< 5

--

1963

449

460

< 5

--

1962

429

465

< 5

--

1961

435

467

< 5

--

1960

484

442

< 5

--

1959

491

434

< 5

--

1958

557

387

< 5

--

1957

518

407

< 5

--

1956

537

385

6

3,820

1955

606

350

< 5

--

1954

647

335

< 5

--

1953

619

334

< 5

--

1952

693

305

< 5

--

1951

665

304

< 5

--

1950

769

275

< 5

--

1949

854

259

< 5

--

1948

848

261

< 5

--

1947

857

255

< 5

--

1946

728

268

< 5

--

1945

621

278

< 5

--

1944

729

246

5

3,778

1943

694

267

< 5

--

1942

742

252

6

3,460

1941

587

265

6

3,401

1940

540

269

< 5

--

1939

429

296

< 5

--

1938

446

298

< 5

--

1937

393

312

5

3,887

1936

381

311

< 5

--

1935

365

332

6

3,542

1934

359

330

< 5

--

1933

369

326

5

4,013

1932

400

318

< 5

--

1931

380

327

7

3,313

1930

402

328

8

3,211

1929

458

312

7

3,460

1928

442

311

< 5

--

1927

499

299

< 5

--

1926

466

309

< 5

--

1925

527

294

5

4,713

1924

501

299

6

4,216

1923

528

281

7

3,718

1922

536

280

< 5

--

1921

502

294

< 5

--

1920

523

287

< 5

--

1919

471

295

< 5

--

1918

466

296

< 5

--

1917

476

285

< 5

--

1916

446

283

< 5

--

1915

372

302

< 5

--

1914

340

285

< 5

--

1913

287

279

< 5

--

1912

285

264

< 5

--

1911

191

283

< 5

--

1910

211

266

< 5

--

1909

179

270

< 5

--

1908

181

263

< 5

--

1907

171

263

< 5

--

1906

181

241

< 5

--

1905

153

265

< 5

--

1904

157

250

< 5

--

1903

130

272

< 5

--

1902

130

273

< 5

--

1901

126

259

< 5

--

1900

167

251

< 5

--

1899

110

274

< 5

--

1898

141

251

< 5

--

1897

131

247

< 5

--

1896

114

270

< 5

--

1895

117

262

< 5

--

1894

127

240

< 5

--

1893

107

259

< 5

--

1892

101

264

< 5

--

1891

66

311

< 5

--

1890

85

271

< 5

--

1889

100

234

< 5

--

1888

71

276

< 5

--

1887

69

253

< 5

--

1886

72

242

< 5

--

1885

59

261

< 5

--

1884

54

267

< 5

--

1883

46

268

< 5

--

1882

52

240

< 5

--

1881

51

215

< 5

--

1880

44

235

< 5

--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.